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American Standard Version
John 5:12
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’
“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’
King James Version (1611)
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke?
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke?
King James Version
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
English Standard Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk'?"
New American Standard Bible
They asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
New Century Version
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Amplified Bible
They asked him, "Who is the Man who told you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the Man who told you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?"
Legacy Standard Bible
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
Berean Standard Bible
"Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?" they asked.
"Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?" they asked.
Contemporary English Version
They asked him, "Who is this man that told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
They asked him, "Who is this man that told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Complete Jewish Bible
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?"
Darby Translation
They asked him [therefore], Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy couch and walk?
They asked him [therefore], Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy couch and walk?
Easy-to-Read Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?
Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?
George Lamsa Translation
And they asked him, Who is this man who said to you, Take up your quilt-bed, and walk?
And they asked him, Who is this man who said to you, Take up your quilt-bed, and walk?
Good News Translation
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to do this?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to do this?"
Lexham English Bible
So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk?'"
So they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk?'"
Literal Translation
Then they asked him, Who is the man who told you, Lift up your cot and walk?
Then they asked him, Who is the man who told you, Lift up your cot and walk?
Bible in Basic English
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
Hebrew Names Version
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
International Standard Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who told you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"
Etheridge Translation
And they said to him, What man is this who told thee to take up thy bed, and walk ?
And they said to him, What man is this who told thee to take up thy bed, and walk ?
Murdock Translation
And they asked him: Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
And they asked him: Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then asked they hym: What man is that which sayde vnto thee, take vp thy bedde, and walke?
Then asked they hym: What man is that which sayde vnto thee, take vp thy bedde, and walke?
English Revised Version
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
World English Bible
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then asked they him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Then asked they him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, `Take up your mat and walk'?"
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, `Take up your mat and walk'?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei axiden him, What man `is that, that seide to thee, Take vp thi bed, and go?
Therfor thei axiden him, What man `is that, that seide to thee, Take vp thi bed, and go?
Update Bible Version
They asked him, Who is the man that said to you, Take up [your bed], and walk?
They asked him, Who is the man that said to you, Take up [your bed], and walk?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then they asked him, What man is that who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
Then they asked him, What man is that who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
New English Translation
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk'?"
New King James Version
Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, "Take up your bed and walk'?"
Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, "Take up your bed and walk'?"
New Living Translation
"Who said such a thing as that?" they demanded.
"Who said such a thing as that?" they demanded.
New Life Bible
Then the Jews asked him, "What man said to you, ‘Pick up your bed and walk' ?"
Then the Jews asked him, "What man said to you, ‘Pick up your bed and walk' ?"
New Revised Standard
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk'?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They questioned him - Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy couch , and be walking?
They questioned him - Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy couch , and be walking?
Douay-Rheims Bible
They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk?
They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk?
Revised Standard Version
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?"
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then axed they him: what man is that which sayde vnto the take vp thy beed and walke.
Then axed they him: what man is that which sayde vnto the take vp thy beed and walke.
Young's Literal Translation
they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'
they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then axed they him: What man is that, which sayde vnto the: Take vp thy bed, and go yi waye?
Then axed they him: What man is that, which sayde vnto the: Take vp thy bed, and go yi waye?
Mace New Testament (1729)
then they asked him, who is he that said to you take up your bed and walk?
then they asked him, who is he that said to you take up your bed and walk?
THE MESSAGE
They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.
They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"What fellow told you that?" they shouted.
"What fellow told you that?" they shouted.
Contextual Overview
1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered. And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; 4 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. I receive not glory from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? 5 And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. 6 When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? 7 The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8 Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. 10 So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What: Judges 6:29, 1 Samuel 14:38, Matthew 21:23, Romans 10:2
Reciprocal: Luke 5:24 - power John 5:15 - which
Cross-References
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then asked they him,.... Suspecting who had made him whole, and gave him this order:
what man is that which said unto thee, take up thy bed and walk? they take no notice of the cure, being unwilling to give any glory to Christ, and still less to spread it; but chose rather that it should be obscured, hid, and unobserved; but they laid hold on that, which they thought might be improved to his reproach and scandal; and they call him a man, as supposing him to be a mere man, and a wicked man too, for giving orders to transgress a tradition of the elders, though no mere man could work such a cure as this was. And so the Jews since, though they cannot find fault with the cure, which they put an "if" upon, yet are highly displeased with the order, to take up his bed and carry it:
"if (say they a) he wrought a cure, lo, that is good, but why did he bid him take up his bed?''
the answer may be, to show that he was cured.
a Vet. Nizzachon, p. 207.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
What man is he ... - In this verse there is a remarkable instance of the “perverseness” of men, of their want of candor, and of the manner in which they often look at a subject. Instead of looking at the miracle, and at the man’s statement of the manner in which he was healed, they look only at what they thought to be a violation of the law. They assumed it as certain that nothing could make his conduct, in carrying his bed on the Sabbath day, proper; and they meditated vengeance, not only on the man who was carrying his bed, but on him, also, who had told him to do it. Thus men often assume that a certain course or opinion is proper, and when anyone differs from them they look only at the difference, but not at the reasons for it. One great source of dispute among men is that they look only at the points in which they differ, but are unwilling to listen to the reasons why others do not believe as they do. It is always enough to condemn one in the eyes of a bigot that he differs from “him,” and he looks upon him who holds a different opinion, as the Jews did at this man, “as certainly wrong;” and such a bigot looks at the reasons why others differ from him just as the Jews did at the reason why this man bore his bed on the Sabbath - as not worth regarding or hearing, or as if they could not possibly be right.
